Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida (Update: Going to UCLA)
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If the above is true and your Stricklin then you have to tell Spurrier to stand down. TBH, if I was Chip or any other coach, the UF job loses a lot of the attractiveness and allure considering Spurrier looks like he's going to be the modern day Pat Dye. Chip doesn't seem like a coach who would put up with Spurrier's antics and input and that's probably why Spurrier would rather have a coach who he can influence and have some control over. Like I said modern day Pat Dye..
If the above is true and your Stricklin then you have to tell Spurrier to stand down. TBH, if I was Chip or any other coach, the UF job loses a lot of the attractiveness and allure considering Spurrier looks like he's going to be the modern day Pat Dye. Chip doesn't seem like a coach who would put up with Spurrier's antics and input and that's probably why Spurrier would rather have a coach who he can influence and have some control over. Like I said modern day Pat Dye..
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
If UF wants to move quick, they can hire Chip today. Why are they waiting? IMO, they are looking at other options and I dont think Kelly is the first choice.
If UF wants to move quick, they can hire Chip today. Why are they waiting? IMO, they are looking at other options and I dont think Kelly is the first choice.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
I don't think Spurrier's gut is wrong. Hell, you bring the ol' head ball coach on to make decisions like this so you (the AD) can worry about the bean counting.
I don't think Spurrier's gut is wrong. Hell, you bring the ol' head ball coach on to make decisions like this so you (the AD) can worry about the bean counting.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
If I'm Chip Kelly and I sense that they're shopping around still I'd just wait on my next offer and pass.
If I'm Chip Kelly and I sense that they're shopping around still I'd just wait on my next offer and pass.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
Frost isn't ready. Chip is their best shot. Strike while you still can at this point.
Frost isn't ready. Chip is their best shot. Strike while you still can at this point.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
I certainly have NO inside info into UF, but from the outside looking in, it sure does look a LOT like the toxic situation at aubarn with Pat Dye.
As for Stricklin, its entirely possible that he and Spurrier are working together and Stricklin is employing Spurrier to spread disinformation and throw the media off the "scent".
But Its probably just as likely that Spurrier is just being Spurrier and doing whatever the heck he darn well pleases, perhaps with the backing of some of the major "bull gator" boosters. IF that's what's happening, Stricklin is on Thin Ice. Hire a coach that Steve doesn't want? Well that guy sure better win a HECK of a lot of games and Titles.....
This is the part of the Chip Kelly thing that sorta doesn't make a lot of sense. It seem a bit of a stretch to think Kelly would be interested in a job where he'd have a "Character" like "The Ole' Ball Sack" looking over his shoulder and second guessing him every step of the way????
I certainly have NO inside info into UF, but from the outside looking in, it sure does look a LOT like the toxic situation at aubarn with Pat Dye.
As for Stricklin, its entirely possible that he and Spurrier are working together and Stricklin is employing Spurrier to spread disinformation and throw the media off the "scent".
But Its probably just as likely that Spurrier is just being Spurrier and doing whatever the heck he darn well pleases, perhaps with the backing of some of the major "bull gator" boosters. IF that's what's happening, Stricklin is on Thin Ice. Hire a coach that Steve doesn't want? Well that guy sure better win a HECK of a lot of games and Titles.....
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
Everyone knows who Spurrier is so if you bring him in then you have to expect it. So either indulge him or make it abundantly clear he's here to fund raise only.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
And I think Foley is still involved with this process.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
) Foley didn't become the AD at UF until 1992, which was after Zook was hired, and he held the job until 2016. So that would suggest that Foley hired Meyer, Mushchump and McElwain - and his hiring of Coach Mac had some weird aspects to it, IIRC.....
(Per Wikipedia
) Foley didn't become the AD at UF until 1992, which was after Zook was hired, and he held the job until 2016. So that would suggest that Foley hired Meyer, Mushchump and McElwain - and his hiring of Coach Mac had some weird aspects to it, IIRC.....
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
You are correct that Foley became AD in 1992, but Spurrier was already there. But, Foley hired Zook in 2002.(Per Wikipedia
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Really says something. Foley had a great reputation due to Spurrier, Meyer, and Donovan. But my lord he hired some busts in Zook, Muschamp, and McElwain. The latter two just flat out didn't fit because they seem like decent coaches otherwise. He inherited Steve Spurrier too.
Moral of the story: even if you're a good AD, hiring is a crapshoot and you're more like to get it wrong than right on the balance if the expectation is conference contention.
Really says something. Foley had a great reputation due to Spurrier, Meyer, and Donovan. But my lord he hired some busts in Zook, Muschamp, and McElwain. The latter two just flat out didn't fit because they seem like decent coaches otherwise. He inherited Steve Spurrier too.
Moral of the story: even if you're a good AD, hiring is a crapshoot and you're more like to get it wrong than right on the balance if the expectation is conference contention.
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
I was referring to Spurrier's return to Florida, not his hiring in 1990.(Per Wikipedia
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I would love to see Coach Kelly at Florida..Cause a stronger SEC East will only make Coach Saban work that much harder keeping The Crimson Tide "King Of The Hill" in the SEC..
I would love to see Coach Kelly at Florida..Cause a stronger SEC East will only make Coach Saban work that much harder keeping The Crimson Tide "King Of The Hill" in the SEC..
Re: Rumor: Chip Kelly will be new HC at Florida
Yep, he is very competitive and he definitely wouldn't get "bored" if the East had a little better coaching.
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